Royal Oak man exposed himself in McDonald's drive-through in Ferndale, police say

FERNDALE – A man was charged Monday with exposing himself to a woman in a McDonald’s drive-through parking lot.

Jhuty Kem, 52, of Royal Oak was arraigned before Ferndale 43rd District Magistrate J. Patrick Brennan for indecent exposure and jailed on $1,500 bond.

The incident happened about 9:45 p.m. Saturday at the McDonald’s restaurant at 22525 Woodward.

The woman, 24, was in her car in when Kem walked up to her and made an obscene gesture, police said.

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“He then dropped his pants and fully exposed himself,” said Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson. “The woman called us immediately.”

The woman told police Kem went into McDonald’s after he exposed himself. Officers arrived and arrested the suspect in the restaurant’s bathroom.

Police said they believe Kem is the same man who made an obscene gesture and grabbed his crotch when he passed the woman on the sidewalk Dec. 13 near a Woodward Avenue business where she works. The woman called police and reported the incident right after it happened, Wilson said.

“We believe the suspect may have been targeting her,” Wilson said.

Police said Kem is the third man to have exposed himself to women in parked cars in Ferndale since Nov. 27. No suspects were arrested in the earlier reports and police believe there in no connection between the three.

In the report last month, a woman told police a man masturbated in front of her as she sat smoking a cigarette inside her car, which was parked in the Troy parking lot.

On Dec. 13, a Ferndale woman was in her car in the driveway outside her house when a man exposed himself and masturbated in front of her in the area of Rome and Orchard streets.

Kem is scheduled for a pretrial hearing at 1 p.m. Jan. 8 in Ferndale District Court. The charge against him is a misdemeanor.